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... under the i ctation of undervaluing and debasing our own pers and qualities ,
indirectly charges God with foolishs , in choosing an instrument so inapt and
improper . h humility is of the very essence of pride , and such , 2 regret we
observe it ...
... under the i ctation of undervaluing and debasing our own pers and qualities ,
indirectly charges God with foolishs , in choosing an instrument so inapt and
improper . h humility is of the very essence of pride , and such , 2 regret we
observe it ...
Page 79
We observe , that as God has many eivable methods of doing good to men ; so
his of punishing is unlimited , and the treasures of Ech are far beyond what fear
itself , which magvery object , can fancy . Of his glorious capac . . . difpofition to ...
We observe , that as God has many eivable methods of doing good to men ; so
his of punishing is unlimited , and the treasures of Ech are far beyond what fear
itself , which magvery object , can fancy . Of his glorious capac . . . difpofition to ...
Page 87
It is highly interesting observe , by what gradual steps the enemy and the enger is
laid low , till he is at length destroyed . esumption , at first , induces him , in
confidence of a mitted power , to enter the lists and to try his ength with God .
It is highly interesting observe , by what gradual steps the enemy and the enger is
laid low , till he is at length destroyed . esumption , at first , induces him , in
confidence of a mitted power , to enter the lists and to try his ength with God .
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And thus the very first rudiments of the Jewish constitution , were suggested by
the observation and experience of a stranger and a Midianite . And the great
Jehovah disdained not fo permit his prophet to be taught , and his people to be ...
And thus the very first rudiments of the Jewish constitution , were suggested by
the observation and experience of a stranger and a Midianite . And the great
Jehovah disdained not fo permit his prophet to be taught , and his people to be ...
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In what manner we are not told , neither is it of any importance to know ; but it is of
importance to observe that “ God ' s ways are not our ways , nor his thoughts our
thoughts . ” In· sulted fulted in the same manner , what man but would Lect .
In what manner we are not told , neither is it of any importance to know ; but it is of
importance to observe that “ God ' s ways are not our ways , nor his thoughts our
thoughts . ” In· sulted fulted in the same manner , what man but would Lect .
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Page 127 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: he took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Page 115 - Above it stood the Seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
Page 227 - For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page 17 - For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
Page 10 - Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
Page 97 - Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Page 180 - Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the Bread Which cometh down from Heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the Living Bread Which came down from Heaven : if any man eat of this Bread, he shall live for ever : and the Bread That I will give is My Flesh, Which I will give for the life of the world.
Page 205 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 119 - And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Page 173 - Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for His own sins, and then for the people's : for this He did once, when He offered up Himself.
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| Title | Sacred Biography- Or: The History of the Patriarchs to which is Added the History of Deborah, Ruth & Hannah Being a Course of Lectures Delivered at the Seots Church, Volume 2 Sacred Biography- Or: The History of the Patriarchs to which is Added the History of Deborah, Ruth & Hannah Being a Course of Lectures Delivered at the Seots Church, Henry Hunter |
| Author | Henry Hunter |
| Publisher | J. White, Thomas & Andrews, 1794 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 22 May 2007 |
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